#65 take a vacation alone

thank you virgin america for screwing up back in november!

while scouring through the stacks of old emails

(okay...maybe i hoard old emails and maybe i still have a hotmail account)

i found that i have 5000 elevate points to use toward a round trip flight anywhere virgin america flies.

how does portland, oregon sound?

well, considering this will be the vacation i take alone - i guess the only person to ask, is me -

and the city of roses sounds quite lovely.

here's hoping to check two more things off this ol' bucket list!

now...i just need to keep talking myself out of visiting the city by the bay

- because let's face it -

she'll always have my heart

but we'll meet again soon enough.

...

one state at a time

State: Washington

City: Seattle

Count: #12

Just 38 to go...



View of Seattle from the Space Needle






My artistic capture of the Space Needle

 

This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the lovely city of Seattle. Since Seattle has the reputation of being cold, cloudy and rainy...I was most excited about the opportunity of busting out my Banana Republic trench coat and wearing dresses with tights. Seattle reminded me so much of San Francisco (where I'm convinced I'll end up one day) and even though I loved the hospitality, delicious coffee, and yummy weather - I've realized yet again that I'm a Cali girl to the core.

#10 set foot in all 50 states

There's still only 50 right? I can't keep up. I'll make sure to google it when I'm done with this post. Gotta be honest, I'm not exactly sure where to begin with this one. 50 is a hellofa lot of states - not to mention the cluster-f**k of New England states that just mess with me over there on that one corner of the map. I'm used to states that you can write the whole name in. Is that too much to ask? How else am I supposed to memorize them otherwise? At any rate, I'd like to somehow visit them all - even New Hampshire or Delaware where I'm not exactly sure what I'll see or do there but at the very least I'm sure they'll have food.

With only 10 percent of the US under my belt I've got my work cut out for me.



We've talked about it...the Dixie states and I are all good now. Plus, anywhere that has Chick Fil A and Waffle House is ok with me.